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GENET, EDMOND CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed French official, in French, refusing to express regret for his failures in politics, discussing Governor Clinton and relaying reminiscences from him, proposing that France adopt separate consuls for the Northern and Southern States, and suggesting himself as a possible candidate. 4 pages, folded 4to sheet. New York, 18 May 1820
Genet (1763-1834) French diplomat known as Citizen Genet, minister to the U.S. in the 1790s but out of favor with Washington due to his attempt to attack Spanish Florida and his encouragement of French privateers to challenge British vessels.
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